Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines

Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Broadway, Fred V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Sulky Plow (open access)

Wheel Sulky Plow

Patent for wheel sulky plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Renfro, William T. & Renfro, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator (open access)

Steam-Generator

Patent for a steam generator for use with hydrocarbon burners.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows (open access)

Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows

Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for plows. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Osborne, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer that will have independent and removable receptacles that will freeze ice cream into various sizes and shapes in the form of sticks.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Jameson, Roland Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves that can still operate even if there are impurities in the water used to create the steam employed in getting the fuel to burn.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker (open access)

Cotton-Picker

Patent for improvements to cotton pickers providing a wheeled machine that will "remove cotton lint from the plants by mechanical means" (lines 15-16) with added new features to construction and operation, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles & Ascue, Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guano Distributor (open access)

Guano Distributor

Patent for the distribution of guano for fertilization over a given area of territory.
Date: July 19, 1912
Creator: H. D. Pate
System: The Portal to Texas History